start from scratch start empty-handed build up from nothing start from taw
His was a rags-to-riches story and people admire that.
他白手起家,人们对他都很钦佩。
—— 柯林斯例句He is a self-made man.
他白手起家。
—— 柯林斯例句He was proud of the fact that he was a self-made man .
他为自己白手起家而自豪。
—— 给力词典精选He has set about carving up the company which Hammer created from almost nothing.
他已经开始动手拆分这家几乎是哈默白手起家创办的公司。
—— 柯林斯例句Thirteen years ago she found herself having to conjure a career from thin air.
13年前,她认识到自己得白手起家创造出一番事业来。
—— 柯林斯例句